The Feed (Australian TV series)
| The Feed | |
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| Genre | News and satire program |
| Created by | Paul Cutler |
| Presented by | Marc Fennell Alice Matthews Alex Lee |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 600 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mike Clay |
| Producer | Una Butorac |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS2, later renamed to SBS Viceland SBS |
| Release | 20 May 2013 – 28 June 2022 |
The Feed is an Australian news, current affairs and satire television series that began airing on SBS Viceland (then known as SBS2) on 20 May 2013 and continued through several series and with several changes of presenters until it became a digital only production in May 2022.
Broadcast history
[edit]The Feed was created by SBS former Director of News and Current Affairs Paul Cutler, who enlisted pop culture journalist Patrick Abboud to help assemble a crew to produce a 15 minute daily show. Nick Hayden was the first executive producer when season one began airing in 2013, with presenters Patrick Abboud,[3] Marc Fennell, Jan Fran, and Andy Park.[4]
The series episodes were extended for following seasons to a full 30 minute segment daily,[5] with a mix of in-depth features, news headlines and comedy skits. Several guests presenters have appeared on The Feed including Lee Lin Chin,[5] Dan Ilic,[6] Kirsten Drysdale,[1] Lawrence Leung,[1] Good Game's Michael Hing,[1] Mark Humphries,[1] and others.[clarification needed] In 2015, Park departed the show to become a reporter on ABC's 7.30 current affairs show.[1]
The Feed was then co-hosted at various times by Marc Fennell, Jan Fran, Laura Murphy-Oates (from NITV),[7] and others for some years.
In 2020 The Feed moved to a weekly format, and switched to the SBS main channel, airing at 10:00pm, and following long-time current affairs programs Insight at 8.30pm and Dateline at 9:30pm.[8]
In May 2022, SBS announced it would end the series due to declining audience figures, with its final episode airing on 28 June. Content under The Feed brand would continue to be made for SBS On Demand and social media.[4][9]
Awards
[edit]- In 2015, The Feed was nominated for a Logie Award in the Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report category for their story "Ice Towns".[10]
- In 2016, Chin was nominated for the Gold and Silver Logie Awards[11] for her work on the series and on SBS World News.[12]
- In 2017 producer Elise Potaka won an Amnesty International Australia Media Award for her story "Forced to Marry"[13]
- In July 2018 reporter Laura Murphy-Oates won the Young Journalist of the Year Walkley Award.[14]
- In November 2018 the UN Day Media Award was won by producer Una Butorac for her story "Foul play: Are clubs killing community sport?".[15]
- In 2019 Fran won the 2019 Walkley Award for Best Commentary for her "Frant" segments.[16]
- In 2020 Marty Smiley, Jack Tullerners and Pat Forrest won the Best Visual Storytelling Young Walkley award for their feature on the Christian Democratic Party, while Ella Archibald-Binge was awarded the longform feature prize for her piece on Australia's stolen wages scheme.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Smith, Mike. "Everything you need to know about The Feed". Best in Australia. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Russell, Stephen A. (24 March 2022) [7 March 2022]. "'The Feed' team skewer Australia's property market in a fun, bonkers musical". SBS News. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Jahshan, Elias (17 February 2014). "Patrick Abboud's new chapter". Star Observer. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
Abboud said that although he was always comfortable with himself, it wasn't until he started reporting for SBS2's The Feed and launched it last year with a story about fake marriages between a gay man and lesbian of Arab-Australian background that he really started putting himself "out there". Since then, his profile has skyrocketed, and he was also nominated for a Walkley Award for his journalism work.
- ^ a b Quinn, Karl (25 May 2022). "SBS dumps youth-focused current affairs show The Feed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ a b Knox, David (3 February 2014). "The Feed extends to 30 minutes on SBS 2". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Dan Ilic". Creative Representation. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Hickman, Arvind (19 October 2016). "SBS Viceland releases programming slate". AdNews. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Moran, Robert (24 February 2020). "Tiny show that punches above its weight: The Feed gets bigger stage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "SBS announces The Feed will become digital only". Mediaweek. 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ The Feed, 20 May 2013, archived from the original on 24 January 2025, retrieved 9 June 2016
- ^ "Logies 2016: Waleed Aly and Lee Lin Chin are ruffling feathers because they don't follow the rules". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Bosworth, Tony (11 May 2016). "Lee Lin Chin's 10-year-old date to the Logies said he was a winner on night of nights". Hornsby Advocate. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Winners of the 2017 Amnesty International Australia Media Awards announced". Amnesty International Australia. 1 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "SBS journalist Laura Murphy-Oates claims three Walkley Award honours". SBS News. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 UN Day Media Award WINNERS". UNAA Victoria. 8 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Spotlight on: Jan Fran". The Walkley Foundation. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "The Feed picks up Young Journalist awards at mid-year Walkleys". The Feed. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.